DoestheSupremeCourtOverturn80PercentofNinthCircuitCourtDecisions?
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Feb 10th, 2017 Some confusing wording suggested the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' decisions almost never "stick."
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Did the Trump Administration ‘Veto’ Argentina’s Decision to Honor Jimmy Carter?
May 1st, 2017 A chain of blog posts advanced a rumor that President Trump forced Argentina not to honor President Jimmy Carter in April 2017.
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Fox News Co-President Bill Shine Resigns
May 1st, 2017 The troubled network's interim CEO, Rupert Murdoch, confirmed Shine's resignation in an email sent to staffers.
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Clouds Over Mount Fuji
May 1st, 2017 A spectacular video purportedly showing clouds rolling over Japan's Mount Fuji was digitally created from a still photograph.
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Did Clint Eastwood Get ‘Terribly Tragic News’ Over His Latest Movie?
May 1st, 2017 A dubious web site claimed that the director received 'heavy insults" over the film, but failed to provide any evidence.
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Did a Woman Make Her Cheating Husband Eat His Own Genitals?
May 1st, 2017 Multiple regional fake news sites falsely claimed a woman in that area forced her cheating husband to eat his own genitals.
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Tornado Carries Mobile Home 130 Miles, Family Inside Unharmed?
Updated Reports that a tornado carried a mobile home for 130 miles and left the residents inside unharmed are fake news.
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Michigan Threatens Beavers Over Dams?
Updated The state of Michigan once threatened local beavers with a $10,000 per day fine for failing to remove their dams.
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Prayer Request: Darkhorse Marine Battalion
Updated A prayer request for the Darkhorse Marine battalion fighting in Afghanistan is several years old.
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Sarah Palin in a Coma After Hit and Run?
May 1st, 2017 Reports that the former Alaska governor was critically injured in an automobile accident are fake news.
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‘Sonia Disowns Rahul’ Virus Hoax
Updated Warnings that cell phone users should not accept the video "Sonia Disowns Rahul" because it contains a malicious virus are a hoax.
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Denzel Washington Death Hoax
Apr 29th, 2017 Reports that the Academy Award-winning actor was killed in a drive-by shooting in New York are fake news.
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Ted Nugent Death Hoax
Apr 28th, 2017 Despite rumors that the rocker was killed in a hunting accident in Montana, he remains alive and well.
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The Trials of ‘Last Unicorn’ Author Peter S. Beagle
Apr 28th, 2017 The beloved sci-fi and fantasy writer has chronic money woes due in part to an ongoing legal battle with his former manager, but he says he's in no danger of winding up on the streets.
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Death Row Inmate Eats an Entire Bible as His Last Meal?
Apr 28th, 2017 An article reporting that inmate Jeremy Morris decided to have a Bible as his last meal was a hoax.
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Virginia Town Police Investigate Spate of ‘Almost Surgical’ Cat Shavings
Apr 28th, 2017 Authorities in Waynesboro said seven cats have been abducted, then returned, since December 2016.
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Did Ayn Rand Say ‘The Question Isn’t Who Is Going to Let Me; It’s Who Is Going to Stop Me’?
Apr 28th, 2017 The quote, often attributed to Rand, is a paraphrase from one of her novels.
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Former Leader of Anti-Immigration Group Appointed as USCIS Ombudsman
Apr 28th, 2017 Julie Kirchner was the executive director of the Federation for American Immigration Reform before joining the Trump administration.
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Water Fluoridation Reduces IQ?
Apr 28th, 2017 Studies suggesting a link between public water fluoridation and reduced intelligence rely on unsubstantiated leaps made possible by studies of “insufficient quality” that were conducted to address entirely different questions.
